Plan a summer party to celebrate the season with friends and family.
Breezy summer afternoons provide a perfect atmosphere for throwing a good summer party. Whether poolside or on the deck, summer parties are a way to gather friends and family to celebrate the season, a birthday, engagement or other special event. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Develop a theme for your summer party that will get guests excited about attending. Summer party themes include garden, luau, toga, tiki or beach parties.
2. Come up with a list of potential summer party dates and times. Select a final date and time once you check the availability of venues.
3. Reserve a location for your summer party. Home parties are convenient and cost-effective, and can be thrown on your deck, in your backyard or near your pool. A local swim club or park is an option for a larger party with many guests. Ensure that the area you select has space for setting up buffet tables, space for people to eat and an area where guests can play games and enjoy the warm, summer weather.
4. Determine how many people your venue can comfortably hold and then come up with a guest list. Create invitations that match the theme of your summer party. Select bright, bold colored invitations that will help set the mood for your summer party. Incorporate images like the sun, cocktail glasses, a grill, cookout food or a sunset to illustrate summer on your invites.
5. Create a menu of savory appetizers, salads, sandwiches and desserts that compliment your summer party theme. Select items for your menu that are easy to prepare and easy for guests to handle during the party. Take traditional summer recipes for foods like hamburgers, potato salad, deviled eggs, pasta salad and fruit salad and add your own touch by adding marinades, dressings and dipping sauces.
6. Create a beverage menu that includes a selection a fruit-flavored iced teas, lemonade and cocktails. Serve water bottles with custom labels affixed to theme that match the theme of your party. Fruity drinks filled with ice are provide guests with refreshing beverages that help them keep cool in the heat.
7. Plan activities guests can participate in during your summer party. Organized games of softball, tennis or volleyball are entertaining, team sports guests can play. Hire dance instructors to teach party attendees Salsa or hula dancing.
8. Plan your summer party decor. From tiki lamps and leis to tea light candles and flowers, there's a wide range of accessories you can use to decorate your party area based on your theme.
9. Send the guests home with a party favor that will make them remember your summer event. Favors can include bottles of wine, flip flops, a personalized hat or sun visor, wine openers, cocktail mixers, beach balls or sand buckets.
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